簡

Information about character(s)

Radical: 竹
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 18
Simplified Form: 简
Variants: 耕

Pronunciation

Pinyin: jiǎn
Cantonese: gaan2
JapaneseKun: FUDA ERABU
JapaneseOn: KAN
Korean: KAN
Vietnamese: giản

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: simple, terse, succinct; letter

CE-Dict: simple/uncomplicated/letter/to choose/to select/bamboo strips used for writing (old)

Soothill: A tablet, memorandum; to abridge; appoint; examine; abrupt, concise, direct.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.simple
2.brief
3.[Formal] a letter

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: bamboo slips for writing on; brief; letter; simple

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: bamboo slips for writing on; brief; letter; simple

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《竹部》簡牒也。从竹閒聲。

Buddhism words and phrases to choose, to examine, determine

CF-Dict: simple/simplifié

Han-De-Dict: einfach, kurz, unkompliziert (Adj)/vereinfachen (V)/Brief (S)/auswählen, aussuchen (V)